Fur button



April 29 19.24. 1,492,475

M. LICHTENSTEIN ET AL FUR BUTTON Filed Dec. 5. 1923 INVENTOR .zzevzzv ICHTENSMIN' Lex/Mo ATTORNEYS Patented Apr. 29, 1924i-, p

taart MARVIN LICHTENSTEIN AND HAR-RY R. LIECHTENSTEIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., AS-

SIGNORS T M. LICHTENSTEIN t BRO.,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A FIRM CONSISTING- 0F MARVIN LICHTENSTEN AND HARRY R. LICHTENSTEIN.

FUR BUTTON.

Application filed Eeecmber 3, 1928.

To @ZZ 1li/tom t may concern.'

Be it known that we, MARVIN LIGHTEN- srEiN and HARRY R. LIOHTENs'rnrN, citizens of the United States of America, and resi- 5 dents of the city of New York, borough or" Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a nevi7 and llmproved Fur Button, of which the following is a description.

Our invention relates to fur buttons and is more particularly intended as an improvement on the button patented by Amelia B. Cohen, as administratrix of Bernard Cohen, deceased, said patent having been issued le January 4i, 1921, Number 1,364,718.

An important object of the present invention is to so apply the attaching tapes to the button as to relieve the fur of the strains to which t-he button is subjected and cause said strains to be taken up by the rigid core of the button.

A further object ot the invention is to provide for making the strip from which the tur covering oli the button is produced so in a novel manner advantageous in the applying of the tur covering andeeonomical in permitting the use of small pieces in the manufacture of the strip.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this speciication, it being understood that the drawings are merely illustrative of one example of the invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of our improved tur button;

Figure 2 is a sectional side elevation;

Figure 3 is a plan view of the fur strip;

Figure 11 is a view similar to Figure 3 with the addition of a tape edging on the tur 4.0 strip;

Figure 5 is a tace view of the fur strip and its binding in cylindrical shape with the edges oi the strip and binding sewed together;

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the covering inverted;

Figure 7 is a perspective view of the rigid core of the button with the attaching tape applied thereto.

rilhe fur button in its general construction consists of a covering 10; a rigid core 11 having a central bore or opening; a binding 12 on the fur covering at the inner edge.; en attaching tape 13 aiaed to the core 11 Serial N0. 678,28.

providing a means whereby the button is attached to a garment.

As seen clearly in Figure 7 the attaching tape 13 is applied to the core 11 by passing one end 14C through the central opening 15 from the front of the core to the back. The material of the tape is then brought to the back of the core and passed across the same as at 16, ther tape being then brought forward to the front of the core and the end passed rearwardly through the opening, the two ends 17 of the tape projecting the same length at the-back of the button with one end 1T passing through hole 15 at one side of the crossing piece 16 of the tape and the other end 17 at the opposite side of said crossing piece, so that said crossing piece 16 lies between the two ends 17 at the hole 15.

The fur strip 10 as clearly shown in Figures 3 and 4 is given an angular forni, the end portions departing from a straight line toward one edge. This form is advantageous in the forming of the button and in addition small pieces 110 may be utilized tor the making ot' the strip 10. To one side edge or" the tur strip we secure by stitching or other means one edge of a piece oli' tape to torni a binding 12. The strip of fur with the tape attached thereto is given a cylindrical shape and the edges fastened together by stitches as plainly shown in Figure 5.

The side edge of the strip of fur opposite that one having the binding 12 is now gathered to form plaits or gatherings to eXtend toward a common center as plainly shown in Figure 6. rFhe gathered end is disposed in front of the opening 15 of the core 11. It is to be understood that upon gathering the strip of fur and stretching the saine over the core, it is necessary in practice to meisten the skin ot the tur strip so that the covering is made to lit the core snugly. rFhe inner edge of the binding 12 is now gathered to a common center which coincides with the center of the covering 10 and through the central portion of the binding 12 extends the ends 17 of the attaching tape 13, which latter may also be secured by stitching to the binding 12.

Attached to the fur covering 10 adjacent the gathered end thereof is a tape 18. rEhe tape originally has a length indicated by the dotted lines 118 in Figure 2. Said tape is employed for drawing the gathered end of the fur downwardly into the eye 15 of core 11, said tape then being out off at the plane of the binding 12 when the tape 18 is sewed to said binding.

It Will be readily understood that by attaching the tape 13 to the core 11 instead of securing it directly to the fur covering, the strains on the button when secured to a garment are taken up directly by the core, after a possible slight and limited yielding of the front of the fur covering 10, so that the fur covering is not subjected to distorting strains.

l/Ve would state in conclusion that While the illustrated example constitutes a practical embodiment of our invention, We do not limit ourselves strictly to the exact details herein illustrated, since, manifestly, the same can be considerably varied Without departure from the spirit of the invention as deined in the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention, We claim:

1. As an article of manufacture, a fur button comprising a core, a fur covering over the core, and attaching means adapted to be fined to a garment, said attaching means being secured directly to said core to relieve the fur covering of strain.

2. As an article of manufacture, a fur coveringformed of separate pieces, the opposed edges of which are oblique to a straight line, and a strip secured to said pieces at an edge thereof, the ends of said strip being secured together and the strip at one edge portion being gathered to a common center.

3. As an article of manufacture, a fur covvering formed of separate pieces, the opposed edges of which are oblique to a straight line, and a strip secured to said pieces at an edge thereof, the ends of said strip being secured together and the strip at one edge portion being gathered t0 a common center; together With a binding tape attached to the fur strip extending about the edge opposite the gathered portion and ruiming across the joints 4between the separate pieces of fur.

4t. Xs an article of manufacture, a button having a rigid core formed With a central opening, a fur covering over said core, the covering being gathered to a common center at the front of the core, a binding on the fur cover at the bach of the core, and an attaching tape looped about the core at opposite sides, and passing through said binding to form means for securing the button to a garment.

As an article of manufacture, a button having a rigid core formed with a central opening, a fnr covering stretched at the front of the button across said opening, the fur extending about the back of the core, and a button attaching tape looped about the core at opposite sides and having free ends passed rearwardly through the opening of the core, said securing tape being independent of the fur covering at the front of the core, so that said covering at the front is relieved from strain exerted on said attaching tape.

G. As an article of manufacture, a button having a rigid core formed with an opening therethrough from front to rear, a fur covering on said core and extending across the front thereof and to the back of the core, and a button attaching tape looped about the core at opposite sides and having an intermediate portion stretched across the opening of the core at the back of the latter, the ends of said attaching tape' extending rearwardly through the opening in the core and disposed at opposite sides of that portion of the tape extending across the back of the core.

7. As an article of manufacture, a fur but ton comprising a core, a fur covering over the core, attaching means secured directly to said core and adapted to be fastened to a garment, and a tape attached to the fur covering at the front and extending through the core to the fur covering at the back of the core.

MARVIN LlCHTENSTEIN. HARRY R. LICHTENSTEIN. 

